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Thomas Hideo (Tom) Imai 3rd Battalion K Company 1st Sergeant

Thomas Tamotsu Kuge 3rd Battalion K Company Private First Class Thomas Tamotsu Kuge Thomas Tamotsu Kuge

Thomas Masaichi Inouye Regimental Headquarters 442nd Cannon Company Private First Class

Thomas Tamotsu Tamashiro 3rd Battalion I Company Sergeant Thomas Tamotsu Tamashiro Thomas Tamotsu Tamashiro

Thomas Takashi Nakahara Regimental Headquarters 442nd Medical Detachment Private Thomas Takashi Nakahara Thomas Takashi Nakahara

Takeyasu Thomas Onaga 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class Takeyasu Thomas Onaga Takeyasu Thomas Onaga

was given to Col. Pence by 2nd Lt. Ralph T. Yempuku, formerly of Honolulu, who with the Combat Team chaplain, Capt. John T. Barrett and 1st Lt. Thomas E. West, have been instrumental in raising the fund here. The money will go towards the building of a hospital in Hawaii modeled somewhat after the Warm Springs,

Thomas Eugene West Regimental Headquarters 442nd Headquarters Company Captain (Chaplain)

Thomas Haruo Takahashi 3rd Battalion K Company Staff Sergeant Thomas Haruo Takahashi Thomas Haruo Takahashi

songs aplenty these days around the Anti-Tank company of the Japanese-American Combat Team since it was awarded the music book, “America Sings” by junior regimental chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West for being the first company to learn the words of America’s national songs. Donated by friends of Chaplain West as a gift to the Nisei soldiers,

was born on May 22, 1920, in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska, the son of Ishido George and Sada (Tajima) Ibata.  He had six siblings:  brothers Ralph Minoru, Thomas Takisha, and Sam Saburo, and sisters Aya Lily, Mary Sachi, and Nellie S.  Utah’s parents emigrated from Niigata Prefecture, Japan, in 1906 and 1910, respectively.  They

Ralph T. Ambrose 2nd Battalion G Company 1st Lieutenant Ralph Thomas Ambrose Ralph Thomas Ambrose

volunteered as a unit and disbanded as VVV’s. Now they’re active again, without formal organization and fundraising for a worthy cause. Lt. Ralph Yempuku and Chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West, acting as general chairman, have organized enlisted men committees in the various battalions and special units of the combat team. Altogether 160 enlisted men are working

Chaplain John T. Barrett, 442nd Combat Team, stated today that regular services will be held Sunday in the tent at 51st and 10th Ave. Chaplain Thomas E. West will conduct open air service in the Amphitheatre at the same hour, 10 o’clock, Sunday.

“one blood for all peoples. This war is your responsibility, and you must meet it with unqualified service to your America,” he said. Junior Regimental Chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West conducted the services. Before leaving for Maui, Hawaii, Rev. Miho spent Sunday afternoon with his two brothers of the Combat Team, Pvt. Katsuaki Miho and Pvt.

a sincere birthday greeting and a cake to Pvt. Masaru Otagura of Co. M, of the 442nd Combat Team on his 22nd birthday, June 21. Chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West, junior regimental chaplain, and Pvt. Toshiaki Mimura arranged a surprise party with 20 well-wishers present. Highlight of the affair was the cutting of the cake, appropriately

and popular selections. On Sunday morning the girls and their hosts will attend special open air Chapel services in front of the service club, with Chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West, junior regimental chaplain, in charge. After church the girls and soldiers will tour the various company areas, where they will have noon mess. The girls will

Shelby on May 14. Cpl. Satoshi Kato Co. E, 442nd Inf. and Miss Mutsu Oikawa of Washington state were married at the USO Cottage May 23. Chaplain Thomas R. Brown of the Air Corps officiated while Mrs. James Masuda acted as a matron of honor and Sgt. Ben Kumagai was best man. After the

the Sons & Daughters of the 442nd RCT.] John Takehisa Matsudaira was born on November 26, 1922, in Seattle, Washington.  He was the eldest child of Tokuhisa Thomas and Hotoru Theresa (Umeda) Matsudaira.  His siblings were Michael Yoshihisa, Francis (“Tebo”)Teruhisa, James Iwao, Pauline Tsuyuko, Theophane Satoshi, Martin Mitsuyuki, Joseph Yukio, Yuriko Mary Elizabeth (died

I           Sgt. Fukeda, Akira Wallace 442 I           Sgt. Matsumoto, Goro 442 I           Pfc. Onaga, Takeyasu Thomas 442 I           Pfc. Oshiro, Choyei 442 I           Pfc. Tashima, Masaru 442 I           Sgt. Tokushima,

was the eldest of eight children of William Herman and Josephine Julia (Hochwalt) Nilges.  His siblings were:  William Gilbert, Richard George, Joan Marie, James Bernard, John Francis, Thomas Charles, and David C. He attended St. James Primary School in Lakewood, then Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland, graduating in 1933.  At the commencement ceremony,

Waialua Agricultural Company, Ltd, and they lived in one of the plantation camps in the Kawailoa area of Waialua.  There were eight children in the family:  sons Thomas Tadashi, Gary Kazuo, Masami, Harold Susumu, and Noboru; and daughters Masae, Tomie, and Haruko. Kazuo attended the local schools in Waialua.  In his teen years, he

California, to Naoye and Hiro (Okamura) Okamura.  There were five children in the Okamura family:  Tokio Fred, sisters Yuriko and Hideko, and brothers Naohiko Henry and Toshio Thomas. Naoye arrived in 1910 at the border crossing from Mexico to El Paso, Texas, at the age of 16 from the village of Yie, Kagoshima Prefecture,

Georgia.  He was the fifth of six sons born to John A. and Minnie (Coe) Moseley:  Roy J., John Ferd, W. Ralph, John Flavil, David Leander, and Thomas Felton.  His father John Moseley was a farmer. David graduated in 1934 from the University of Georgia, School of Agriculture, with a Bachelor of Science degree

the battle streamer to the 442nd flag.  Afterwards, they returned to New York to begin the long trip home to Hawaii. Below:  August 9, 1946, 1st Sgt. Thomas Harimoto on the left with the 442nd flag and T/Sgt. Shigeo Kanehira on the right with the 100th flag Shigeo arrived home with 240 other returning

witnesses testified before the Board, one Colonel Haas stating “he did not trust them” and recommended negatively, but three others, Colonel Moses Pettigrew, Colonel Rufus Bratton, and Thomas Holland, representing Dillion Meyer of the WRA, recommended positively.  Colonel Pettigrew stated: “The great majority of second-generation citizens of Japanese ancestry was unquestionably loyal.  (He recommended)

100 ships from Hampton Roads for the Theater of War, arriving at Naples, Italy, on May 28.  The 232nd Combat Engineers sailed on the Liberty Ship S.S. Thomas Cresap along with the 442nd’s 206th Army Ground Forces Band.  They were assigned to bunks in Hold No. 2.  During the weeks at sea, the 206th

Vosges. On September 20, Capt. Kilmore was transferred from Headquarters Company to the 2nd Battalion as the new F Company commander.  He replaced the former commander, Capt. Thomas W. Akins, who became the new E Company commander. Kilmore was in combat for the next month during the bitter fighting to liberate the important rail

(Regimental Headquarters), Pvt. Halo Hirose, Pfc. Yujiro Takahashi (B Company), Pfc. John Tsukano (D Company), Pfc. Kenneth Oshima (B Company), Tech/5 Itsuki Oshita (100th Battalion Headquarters), Tech/5 Thomas Tanaka (K Company), Pvt. Hideo “Mike” Mizuki (E Company), Tech/5 Robert Iwamoto (Regimental Headquarters), Pvt. Joseph Yasuda (M Company), Corp. Tsugio “Shangy” Tsukano (M Company, who

Medal. Capt. Hempstead’s widow, Louise, was expecting at the time of his death.  She suffered a miscarriage in August, losing twin sons.  Five years later she married Thomas D. Kelly and moved to Baldwin Creek, California.  She married Victor M. Green in 1969.  Louise LaFlore Green died in 1992.  Capt. Hempstead’s stepson was raised

“Champagne Campaign.” Below:  From Furukawa’s well-annotated photo album during the Maritime Alps Campaign at Col de Braus, photos taken January-February 1945.  Top row L to R – Thomas (“Tommy”) Takeishi Kiyama; “Kewpee” Miyamoto; Furu (Richard S. Furukawa); Takao (“Killer”) Haraguchi. The 442nd was in southern France from November 23, 1944, until March 15, 1945,

1941 and the capture of submarine commander Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki by Sgt. David Akui and two Nisei soldiers from Company G, 298th Infantry.  One of them was Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota, later to become a member of the famed 100th Battalion, who trained at the MIS Language School at Camp Savage and then fought with

Haruo Ishida Technician 4th Grade 442nd Regimental Combat Team 2nd Battalion, G Company Haruo Suyama was born on January 11, 1917, in Thomas, King County, Washington, to Jinzo and Asano (Masaki) Suyama.  He was the eldest of two sons and one daughter.  His parents were from the village of Kamio, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.  Jinzo

100 ships from Hampton Roads for the Theater of War, arriving at Naples, Italy, on May 28.  The 232nd Combat Engineers sailed on the Liberty Ship S.S. Thomas Cresap along with the 442nd’s 206th Army Ground Forces Band.  They were assigned to bunks in Hold No. 2.  During the weeks at sea, the 206th

sailed in a convoy of over 100 ships from nearby Hampton Roads for the Theater of War.  The 232nd Combat Engineers sailed on the Liberty ship S.S. Thomas Cresap along with the 442nd’s 206th Army Ground Forces Band.  They were assigned to bunks in Hold No. 2.  During the weeks at sea, the 206th